Here's me and Dr. "D" - Don Carpenter from the WYCD Morning Show. Dr. Don, are you looking a little "sideways" in this pic, or is it just the camera angle? Ho, Ho, Ho from the WYCD 2006 Christmas Show!

At the 2006 WYCD Christmas Show, I was captured and captivated by "The Love Pirates" Big and Rich (and all their pirate crew). Don't worry, my dear hubby, we didn't "save any horses". ;)

Here I am grabbing a big hunk of BIG HUNK Jason Michael Carroll (Alyssa Lies) at the WYCD 2006 Christmas Show. (Wish I had his hair!)

Do you have a Party or Wedding Reception coming up in the New Year? Please let me DJ it for you. Click HERE to find out how.

And now...a word from MY sponsor...my wonderful husband, Brett. Also known as DJ Skeebs (he HATES that name) , and The Dancing Scotsman (you need to see him in his Tux & KILT that he wears when WE DJ WEDDINGS, to understand this).

You DID know we DJ Weddings, didn't you? If you need more info on that, please see our Jyl Forsyth Productions Website.

BUT back to my HUBBY...

He's got new website going called Odd Duck Style. Lots of great gift ideas here. AND BE SURE to Click on the Wedding & Party Favors link way down the left column when you get to the Odd Duck Style site. He's adding a line of party favors that will make your wedding reception a truly special event!

AS PROMISED...
...a few wedding photos from our BIG DAY...May 7th, 2006




Here I am with Mom & Dad...don't we look happy!

Let me DJ YOUR Wedding Reception. Click HERE to find out how!

Need some Wedding Gifts and Favors, click HERE to go to my Husband's webstore!











Here's a shot with my brand-new husband Brett, at my left side, my mom on my right, and a brother on each end. Eddie is the left side of the photo and Bobby on the right. Bobby was Brett's best man. As you can see, we had a beautiful, sunny day. It was absolutely perfect!








Me & my brothers: Eddie on the left side of the pic and Bobby on the right.


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Need some cute wedding gifts and party favors? Click HERE to go to my husband's webstore.

Here's a pic from the "Way-Back Machine" 'cause this pic goes "way-back" to August of 2002, when Brett & I took a tour of bonny Scotland. This photo was taken in Glasgow, Scotland. The two young lads shown with me are actually members of a Pan Pipe band all the way from Peru!

Keep checking back. I'm hunting through my pics and posting some of my favs. I'm working on getting a couple of my wedding pics (May of '06) up here this week. Remember to leave your comments! I'd love to hear 'em!

Hi all...just a quick note...I think I've got this blog set up now so that you can leave comments. Just click on the little "Comments" or "Post a Comment" buttons you see throughout the blog to say what you feel about the pics and words here. BE NICE, please.

I'd love to hear from you, so please...post your comments then check back a little later to see them live on the Jyl Forsyth blog.

More stuff of some sort coming on Sunday, December 3rd. Oh my gosh, is it DECEMBER already?

They say that "Music soothes the savage beast". Well it seems that COUNTRY MUSIC makes them downright friendly! Here I am at Sweetwaters Game Preserve near the Mt. Kenya Safari Club, with my new friend Moroni the Rhino. Moroni is a word from the Maasai language meaning Warrior. The gentleman behind me is a Park Ranger. He is well armed and can legally shoot poachers, no questions asked! (Hooray for that!)

We were accompanied on our safari vacation by two WONDERFUL traveling buds, Cheryl (behind me), and Kim (behind Cheryl), from the Richmond, Virginia area. They were great to have along as Cheryl is a Zoo Veterinarian and knew almost as much as our professional guides did about the wildlife. And Kim is a Nurse Anesthesiologist, and could share a wealth of medical insights. Looks like we make Moroni "horny" (but they say he's always that way!).

Here's a "little" friend I made at the Sweetwaters Tented Camp where we stayed for two nights, about midway through our safari vacation. I'm sharing my breakfast with a Marabou Stork. While you can't tell it from this photo, this hungry little guy stands just over 4 feet tall! I'm just over 5 feet tall, so as you might guess, I was very generous with my breakfast.

Here's me and hubby, Brett gettin' smooshy, smooshy, kissy, kissy in the back of one of our safari vehicles in Kenya. August 2006, near Nairobi.









As anyone who has ever listened to me knows, I'm a huge animal lover...so my safari trip was a magical experience for me. I particularly loved the elephants...and saw literally hundreds of them. I think I took pictures of EVERY SINGLE ONE!


Here is a photo I snapped of a mother elephant keeping watch over two babies.




Here's me & Brett visiting with some Samburu tribesmen. The Samburu guys really wanted Brett's shirt...at least SOMEBODY is promoting the radio station! By the way...Brett eventually did give up the shirt. So, if you're walking around Kenya some day, and a big, tall guy carrying a club and wearing a WYCD T-Shirt comes your way, you better start singing some country tunes or you might have to give up your shirt too!





As a price for taking a picture of these lovely Tucana tribeswomen, I had to do a "Wahoo-Whoopee" dance with all the ladies of the village. (Brett thought MY version of the dance looked like a good ole Texas 2-Step).

I called the lady in the center "Boing-Boing" because of the decorative piece on the top of her head...it is actually her hair wound tightly with a wire, ending in a tuft at the top.

MORE POSTS TO COME on Sunday, the 26th, so check back in. In the meantime, keep your radio tuned to WYCD 99.5 FM -particularly M-F 7pm until Midnight ;)

My love to you all...Jyl

Hi All. Been a little while since I've put any pics up here. I took tons of pics in Kenya, Africa, and I'm still sorting through them.

In the meantime...check out these vids of me in Kenya. Click on the links, and you'll be taken to YouTube. Thanks!




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq1XdczHkEo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRFRUZRJBk8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tktkyEcuHe8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP_D_W7Qu3E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyjiFNQQNAY



Check back in this coming week, and I should have some Africa photos up for you!

Love

Jyl

Traveling in STYLE in an authentic rikshaw through the Beijing Old Town area. Brett and I were pedaled about the narrow streets of Old Town Beijing, with cars whizzing past us mere inches away. But our driver was very careful and considerate, and even supplied a warm quilt for us on this cold day in Beijing.







In each city we visited, we had our own private guide to the highlights. Here I am with Mei, our Chongqing city guide. This was actually a clear day in Chongqing. The haze you see in the background is smog, primarily from automobile exhaust. China expects to have a 140 million autos on their roads by the year 2020. Currently, there are about 600 million autos in the ENTIRE world, so by 2020, China should account for about 25% of the total vehicles on our planet's roadways. (cough, cough. Hey...how about a few hybrids, China!)


















With 3600 years of recorded history, you might imagine that the Chinese people have a rich and varied spiritual background. Everywhere we went, there were statues, wood carvings, and drawings depicting the hundreds of deities from Chinese mythology.

Below is a shot of Brett and I in Fengdu the "Ghost City" on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The ghost city is reputed to be inhabited by angry gods and deities. This fellow we are posing in front of, doesn't seem too happy :(

Just like here at home, late March is Springtime in China. While it was COLD in Beijing, as we worked our way south toward, Chongqing and Shanghai, the days warmed right up. China has an incredible variety of flowering shrubs and trees.

Here I am in front of what I was told is a variety of Peach tree. These were blossoming all over the hillsides as we worked our way toward Shanghai.





China is a land with an artistic heart. The people are very interested in music, dance, drawing and painting. I met the young lady pictured below on the Great Wall. She is practicing an art called nei-wa, or "inside painting". She is actually using tiny paint brushes to paint Chinese landscape scenes INSIDE a tiny glass bottle. You can only imagine the amount of patience this takes, not to mention an extremely steady hand. This girl was a real sweetheart and was so happy to be practicing her art in such a majestic setting.

















Below you see a photo I took in the city of Chongqing, which as I mentioned earlier, has a population of 28 million people. Chongqing (pronounced chong-ching) had more of a rural Chinese feel to it. In Beijing, the buildings and streets looked more like Detroit - a much more "down to business" feel. But as we explored the hilly curving avenues and side streets of Chongqing, I sensed that I was entering the true heart of China. If I had to compare it to an American city, I would say that Chongqing was reminiscent of San Francisco - more earthy, and laid back.

The Chinese people seem genuinely happy, and are very curious to learn about Westerners. Brett and I felt very welcome throughout our journey in China, and were amazed that many of the local people spoke excellent English.

The man sitting down you see in the photo below is a "Chicken Vendor". His woven baskets are filled with LIVE chickens. He meanders about the streets calling out "chickens, chickens, chickens for sale" (in Mandarin Chinese of course).

Brett and I traveled to China last March, between the last week of March 2006 and the first week of April 2006. Our general itinerary was to fly into Beijing, spend two days there, then fly to Chongqing to board a 200 passenger cruise ship, and cruise for 4 days down the Yangtze River, all the way to the Three Gorges Dam project. We disembarked from our cruise ship near Shanghai, and spent two days in that marvelous and spectacular city.

You really cannot imagine what a city of 24 million (Beijing) people is like. There is nothing in America that can compare to this. It boggles the mind! 24 million people all in one huge city! And Beijing is not even China's most populous city. Chongqing has 28 million.

As this blog evolves, I will be uploading more photos with brief descriptions. I can't wait to start blogging about my upcoming trip to Kenya, Africa.

Keep listening to all of the gang at WYCD!

Thanks!

I love to make new friends on every trip. Incredibly, there was only one other couple in our tour group; Vicki & Rick from Oklahoma. Vicki and I really hit it off. Here we are in the front of a sampan boat, exploring one of the gorges along the Yangtze river.

















Here I am helping our sampan pilot watch out for DRAGONS in the waters of the 3 Gorges.
Actually, Dragons are considered very good luck in China...a symbol of power and wisdom, and an emblem of the emperors of old China.



















Me and my gang...we live to ride...the Yangtze River!
Here I am with hubby (to be at that time) Brett, and Rick & Vicki from Oklahoma
They were great traveling buds, and we shared lots of laughs.

Jyl Out & About in BEIJING CHINA - Jyl poses with a Chinese Turtle (very good luck)
in a park outside of Beijing.


Scene from a local restaurant - Beijing.















Jyl and Brett in the Forbidden City - Beijing



















Some REAL Chinese tea - good for what ails ya!

















NO Jyl...you CAN'T have ANOTHER dog!


Some folks say Jyl is "Off the Wall" but here, she is very much ON the Wall - Great Wall, that is.
(this photo was taken on the way back from the 2nd Guard House structure you see on the distant horizon). Outside Beijing.